Columbia International Affairs Online

CIAO DATE: 8/5/2007

A Resurgent al-Qaeda and U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy

Michael Jacobsen

2007 May

Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Abstract

Media headlines following the April 30 release of the State Department's annual report on global terrorism developments, Country Reports on Terrorism 2006, focused on the theme of increased terrorism. But the 335-page document, along with its accompanying statistical assessment produced by the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), also contained important insights into the U.S. administration's evolving strategy to counter the terrorist threat.